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We've compiled a list of 17 free and paid alternatives to Zsh. The primary competitors include GNU Bourne Again SHell, fish. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between Zsh and win-bash, OverOS, the xonsh shell. Also you can look at other similar options here: OS and Utilities.


GNU Bourne Again SHell
Free Open Source

Bash is the shell, or command language interpreter, that will appear in the GNU operating system.

fish
Free Open Source

The friendly interactive shell.

win-bash
Free Open Source

win-bash is a Windows port of the famous GNU bash (see GNU Bash homepage).

Simple shell/TUI written completely in c++ containing a basic "kernel", command support...

the xonsh shell
Free Open Source

Xonsh is a Python-powered, cross-platform, Unix-gazing shell language and command prompt.

Janetsh
Free Open Source

System shell using the Janet programming language for high level scripting

KornShell
Free Open Source

The KornShell language was designed and developed by David G. Korn at AT&T Bell Laboratories.

Xiki makes the command line friendlier and more powerful.

dash
Free Open Source

DASH is a POSIX-compliant implementation of /bin/sh that aims to be as small as possible.

Closh
Free Open Source

Bash-like shell based on Clojure

Zsh is a shell (e.g. bash replacement) designed for interactive use, although it is also a powerful...

Zsh Platforms

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Zsh Overview

Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter (shell) which of the standard shells most resembles the Korn shell (ksh); its compatibility with the 1988 Korn shell has been gradually increasing. It includes enhancements of many types, notably in the command-line editor, options for customising its behaviour, filename globbing, features to make C-shell (csh) users feel more at home and extra features drawn from tcsh (another `custom' shell).

Zsh Features

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Zsh Tags

unix-terminal unix-shell shell command-line terminal-client

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